JesseL:No mention of more people knowing CPR or having access to emergency medical services?

I'd be curious how the ratio of people struck by lightning to the number of people killed at a result of being struck looks over time.

FTA:

Modernization and urbanization may have each played their parts, but so have better education about lightning safety and improved medical treatments. By one count, in 1959 there were two injuries for every lightning death; by 1994 there were eight; by 1991 the ratio climbed as high as 10:1.

This is a good time to read about Roy Sullivan, who was struck 7 times.

On August 7, 1973, while he was out on patrol in the park, Sullivan saw a storm cloud forming and drove away quickly. But the cloud, he said later, seemed to be following him. When he finally thought he had outrun it, he decided it was safe to leave his truck. Soon after, he was struck by a lightning bolt. Sullivan stated that he actually saw the bolt that hit him. The lightning set his hair on fire, moved down his left arm and left leg and knocked off his shoe, although it did not untie the lace. It then crossed over to his right leg just below the knee. Still conscious, Sullivan crawled to his truck and poured the can of water, which he always kept there, over his head.